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This is the Global News Podcast from the BBC World Service.

I'm Charlotte Gallagher, and in the early hours of Tuesday, the 14th of July, these are our main stories.

Tensions over the Strait of Hormuz continue to escalate,

with further strikes and demands from President Trump

for a 20% charge to use the waterway.

And a new European anti-ballistic missile defense initiative is launched,

as Kiev suffers another night of

Russian attacks. Also in this podcast, Hungary's new government pushes through an amended

constitution in order to rapidly remove several figures linked to the previous administration.

And the law in Spain recognizes euthanasia

as an intensely personal decision. It isn't appropriate for someone else to call that decision

into question. We hear about the division in Spain over its euthanasia laws.

We start in Iran, where the conflict over the Strait of Hormuz continues to escalate, and

President Trump says he'll reinstate a naval blockade.

For a third night in a row, the U.S. military says it has successfully struck military targets across the country.

Tehran says there have been explosions in several locations, including islands in the Gulf.

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